Randolph town reports 1901-1906, Part 2

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Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Town of Randolph
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Paid C. D. Fullerton · · $120 00


Appropriation, $120 00 .


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TURNER FREE LIBRARY.


Turner Free Library $439 36


Appropriation, $439 36


DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.


Paid Horace Niles Post, 110, G. A. R. . $100 00


Appropriation, $100 00


ABATEMENT OF TAXES.


Paid Fred M. French abatement of taxes of 1896. $268 82 No appropriation.


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Paid sundry bills, for items see report of Engi-


neers of Fire Department . $2,296 22


Appropriation, $2,125 00


Overdrawn,


171 22


WATER WORKS.


Paid Water Commissioners for water for hydrants, etc.


$2,000 00


Water Commissioners for sinking fund 2,500 00


$4,500 00


Appropriation $4,500 00


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SPECIAL BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.


Paid Joseph T. Leahy


$44 75


Sadie Cutter 33 00 Bay State Card and Paper Co. 20 25 .


$98 00


Appropriation, $100 00


Unexpended, 2.00


NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY.


Paid S. B. Woodman and others $64 30


No appropriation. To be refunded.


RAILROAD DAMAGES.


Paid C. Edson Tucker $100 00


John W. Gardner ·


175 00


John V. Beal, counsel fees .


100 00


$375 00


Refunded.


MILITARY AID (CHAPTER 327, ACTS OF 1899).


Paid sundry persons


$538 00


One-half paid by the State $269 00


By Holbrook 69 00


By Randolph


200 00


$538 00


Appropriation, $250 00


Unexpended,


50 00


30


STATE AID (CHAPTER 374, ACTS OF 1899).


Paid sundry persons . . $2,655 00


To be refunded by the State. No appropriation.


STATE TAX.


Paid E. S. Bradford, Treasurer $1,365 00


Appropriation, $1,365 00


COUNTY TAX.


Paid Charles H. Smith, Treasurer . $1,666 33 .


Appropriation, $1,666 33


BOARD OF HEALTH.


Paid Dennis Scannell, bedding destroyed . $19 14


Mary P. Gaynor, bedding destroyed 10 00


William E. Fox, bedding destroyed . 10 0C


John P. Rooney, labor


5 00


Walter R. Cartwright, fumigating


57 72


Melvin & Badger, generator and formalde- hyde 70 65


McAuliffe & Co., supplies .


2 50


Estate F. Porter, supplies ·


6 10


P. H. Mclaughlin, supplies


1 50


P. H. Mclaughlin, services


20 00


George H. Eddy


20 00


Charles H. Thayer .


.


20 00


·


$242 61


Appropriation, $200 00 Overdrawn, 42 61


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LOCKUP.


Paid Arthur W. Alden, salary . $100 00


Arthur W. Alden, supplies


21 50


C. Fred Lyons, supplies .


12 17


C. Doughty, electric light


22 00


F. W. Hayden & Co., supplies .


60


D. B. White, coal


35 00


Frank F. Smith, charcoal . 2 40


$193 67


Appropriation, $200 00


Unexpended, 6 33


BURIAL OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS.


Paid for Edward Deady $35 00


Eliza A. Hunt


35 00


John O'Keefe


35 00


Ursula M. Bullard


35 00


Patrick Crosby


35 00


Erasmus D. Woodward


35 00


$210 00


To be refunded by the State.


No appropriation.


STETSON HIGH SCHOOL.


Paid Trustees Stetson High School .


.


$2,342 05


Appropriation, $2,200 00


Bank tax,


142 05


$52,342 05


Appropriation, $2,200 00 and the bank tax.


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SCHOOLS.


Paid sundry bills (for items see report of School


Committee )


. $10,963 57


Appropriation


. $9,825 00


Coddington fund


66 48


City of Boston, tuition


16 50


State Treasurer .


28 50


Sale of sundries .


4 00


Income Massachusetts school fund,


638 08


Dog licenses refunded


372 50


Transportation of pupils


150 00


$11,101 06


Unexpended, $137 49


TREE WARDEN.


Paid Royal T. Mann ·


$99 75


Appropriation, $100 00


Unexpended, 25


SCALES.


Paid Priest, Page & Co., scales $145 00


M. E. Leahy & Co., lumber and carting 60 00


William Deer, labor 4 00


Charles Doonan, labor


10 00


William H. Carroll, labor


10 00


Thomas Harty, labor


7 00


George M. Johnson, labor


6 50


Town team, labor


.


1 88


George F. Taylor, labor


.


.


53 93


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Paid S. B. Woodman, labor


$1 75


Cement · 1 65


No appropriation.


$301 71


SOLDIERS' RELIEF WHOSE MILITARY SETTLE- MENT IS IN RANDOLPH AND HOLBROOK.


Paid for Elvira Holbrook . $60 00


Christiana Sloan . 70 50


Lawrence Leavitt and family, at Quincy, 88 75


John A. Sylvester and wife 25 00


Thomas F. Hand and wife


103 00


Charles H. Balcom, at Lowell 72 00


George W. Cook and family, at Newton, 106 50


Albert Howard and wife, at Brockton . 14 00


Margaret Morrissey, at Brockton 18 00


Mrs. M. Blencowe 69 00


Lewis Weather, at Taunton Insane Hospital, 169 46


$976 21


Paid by Holbrook, $241 87 by Randolph, 554 34


$796 21


Appropriation, $600 00


Expended, 554 34


Unexpended,


$45 66


SOLDIERS' RELIEF (CHAPTER 447, ACTS OF 1890).


Paid Hugh Currie and family $137 99


Orrington E. Erskine ·


. 2 00


34


Paid Charles H. Abbott, at Mass. Hospital for Epileptics · Aid to sundry persons .


$169 48


4 13


$313 60


Aid refunded


4 13


$309 47


Appropriation, $400.00


Unexpended, 90 53


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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


The Overseers of the Poor herewith submit their report for the year ending December 31, 1901 :


The aid to outside poor is somewhat in excess of the past few years, owing in part to the number of people who have a settlement in Randolph and live elsewhere.


At the almshouse Timothy M. O'Leary and wife continue as superintendent and matron, respectively. The comment of the Inspector of Institutions in his report, as the result of his examination of the house for the year 1901, fully ex- presses all that is necessary to say in their behalf : "Clean, in good condition and well managed."


There were three deaths during the year : Elizabeth French, Lewis Linfield and John F. McKay.


Number of inmates during the year . 21


Number of deaths


3


Number discharged .


4


Number remaining


14


Number of weeks .


6652


Net expense, $1,757.77.


Average cost per inmate, $2.64 per week.


Following are the expenses in detail :


ALMSHOUSE.


Paid Timothy M. O'Leary, salary . $500 01


Timothy M. O'Leary, supplies . 17 19


36


Paid James Riley, labor $3 00


S. A. Foster, Jr., groceries


85 39


Frank A. Long, shoes and underwear 24 32


William H. Carroll, supplies


5 55


F. W. Hayden & Co., groceries


105 42


S. A. Thayer, grain .


82 18


C. D. Hill, groceries . 91 11


E. O. Connor, repairing shoes


8 95


Annie J. Flynn, supplies .


67


Timothy Lyons, manure


44 00


Timothy Lyons, expressing


3 49


R. E. O'Brien, labor and supplies


30 59


George H. Eddy, provisions


68 61


Howard Randall, oil


12 61


East India Trading Co., supplies


29 15


J. E. Linnehan, fish . 17 12


M. E. Scanlon, labor 33 66


C. Fred Lyons, groceries . 67 80


J. H. Clark, fish


12 41


P. H. Mclaughlin, dry goods


33 49


C. H. Cole, pigs


16 00


N. E. Buck, grain


66 85


J. W. Palmer, groceries


74 18


James A. Fardy, labor


53 90


T. J. Gray & Co., seed


19 60


Deering Harvester Co., rake


23 00


M. E. Leahy & Co., labor and supplies 44 16


J. H. Hurley, clothing 10 00


E. G. Furber, dry goods


3 37


R. J. McAuliffe, provisions


67 29


Herbert J. Reynolds, groceries .


23 89


Eugene Thayer, groceries


82 28


C. A. Lyman, eye-glass · ·


1 00


J. T. Newbergan, fire extinguishers . 18 00


37


Paid William Crossley, papers . $6 25


James Foley, butter and cheese


79 17


B. C. Tirrell, clothing 21 91


George F. Taylor, labor


14 42


D. B. White, coal


201 63


Rufus Mann, labor


7 50


R. F. Hayden, grain


17 16


Estate of F. Porter, medicine


7 90


McAuliffe & Co., medicine


2 85


I. Willie Hayden, ice


15 84


Wilson, Larrabee & Co., dry goods .


5 98


Ralph Houghton, burial of Mrs. J. French, 22 00


Ralph Houghton, burial of Lewis Linfield,


22 00


$2,204 85


DR.


Stock on hand, December 31, 1900 . $2,117 20 Salary and supplies . 2,204 85


$4,322 05


CR.


Stock on hand December 31, 1901 . $2,167 38


Labor of Town teams


229 21


Sale of produce


146 19


Board refunded


14 00


Use of scraper


7 50


Net expense


1,757 77


$4,322 05


Appropriation, $1,800 00


Unexpended,


42 23


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PERSONS SUPPORTED IN THE ALMSHOUSE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1901.


* Louis Linfield


106 weeks


William Doyle


521


Catharine Heney


521


Bartholomew Gill


521


Mabel Fairbanks


51


Aletta Veazie


521


Timothy Sullivan


521


ce


Emory Holbrook


521


* Elizabeth French


365


Adelia French


521


Joseph Stickney


521


ce


+ Agustus L. Tirrell


255


Re


+ Thomas Ward .


136


ee


Thomas Curren


324


et


William P. Fox


23₴


ee


t Frank Wood


112


ee


*John McKay


56


William E. Fox


31


Peter Sutton


54


Frank Kennedy


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6652


ALMSHOUSE AND TOWN FARM.


Appraisal of stock, furniture, etc., December 31, 1901.


1 cow


$40 00


1 heifer 25 00 . .


* Dead. t Discharged.


.


ec


t Michael Halpin


276


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2 horses


$125 00


44 fowl


25 00


1 road scraper .


75 00


1 two-horse wagon


20 00


1 farm wagon


30 00


1 carriage


10 00


1 swing drag


30 00


1 mowing machine


35 00


1 hay rake


23 00


6 tons hay


108 00


2 gravel screens


8 00


1 two-horse cart


75 00


2 two-horse carts


100 00


1 pair double harness


30 00


2 cart harness .


25 00


1 two-horse sled


40 00


1 tool chest


5 00


1 hay cutter


5 00


6 draught chains


12 00


1 carriage harness


5 00


1 grindstone


4 00


3 baskets


1 50


1 cultivator


8 00


2 plows


10 00


1 harrow


5 00


Forks, shovels and hoes


12 00


Iron bars and picks


5 00


1 stone roller


5 00


1 wheelbarrow


3 00


2 axes


1 00


1 tobacco cutter


1 00


1 scythe and snath


1 00


1 iron vise


5 00


Bit stock and bits


3 50


40


2 hand saws and planes $3 00


8 drills · · .


10 00


1 stone hammer 1 50


15 barrels


1 50


6 cords wood . 36 00


8 tons of Franklin coal


68 00


15 tons Lackawanna coal . 100 00


Vegetables


46 00


1} barrels flour 7 50


1 barrel crackers 2 50


20 pounds butter


4 68


8 pounds lard


1 00


1 gallon molasses


60


1 barrel sugar .


13 50


5 pounds tea


2 80


5 pounds coffee


95


103 quarts preserves


20 00


3 pounds tobacco


1 50


Grain and meal


3 00


50 gallons kerosene oil


5 50


1 kerosene barrel


75


100 preserve jars


8 00


1 kerosene tank


6 50


4 screen doors .


3 00


26 window screens


5 00


2 storm windows


.


1 50


1 boiler


1 35


1 wash tub


75


1 oil stove


1 00


2 wood saws and horses


3 00


2 clocks .


5 00


2 mirrors . .


2 00


Crockery ware .


40 00


Lamps and lanterns .


.


.


.


10 00


.


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25 lamp chimneys


$2 50


1 ice chest


35 00


Wood and tin ware


15 00


1 street light


5 00


5 cuspidors


2 50


5 iron bedsteads


17 00


12 iron bedsteads


36 00


4 feather beds .


20 00


16 mattresses


48 00


45 sheets


20 00


28 blankets


28 00


70 pillow cases


20 00


24 bedspreads


18 00


5 comforters


5 00


40 towels


4 00


7 table cloths


3 50


4 tables


4 00


1 walnut table .


3 00


1 extension table


8 00


12 rockers


12 00


44 chairs .


12 00


2 wool carpets


3 00


1 feather duster


2 50


1 carpet sweeper


10 00


2 clothes wringers


2 00


2 coal hods and shovels


20 00


1 fire extinguisher


18 00


200 feet hose


22 00


8 flat irons


3 00


1 hospital bed


30 00


8 snow plows


150 00


1 derrick and chains


125 00


50 00


7 brooms and brush


1 50


12 fire extinguishers


42


1 sleigh


$5 00


Robes and blankets


5 00


1 lawn mower .


5 00


Range and boiler


50 00


Ladders


6 00


5 reels fence wire


6 00


1 lawn sprinkler


1 50


$2,167 38


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POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.


Paid for John T. Manning and family


$46 00


Charles E. Linfield 7 25


Lincoln Holbrook


34 50


Susanna Buckley at Charlestown . 60 00


Hannah Leahy


87 95


Jennie Bacigalupo and family


220 27


Elizabeth Burke and family .


117 83


James B. Riley


117 40


Lewis Jones and wife .


200 70


Elizabeth A. White


43 71


Mary Chandler


85 20


Mrs. Jonathan Hunt


47 19


Mrs. William Carroll and family .


96 00


Mary E. Smith and family


149 00


Mrs. George White and family


228 70


Julia Ainslie and family 160 20


Mrs. John Trainor


65 70


Mrs. David Cunningham and family


76 70


Thomas F. Riley at house of Angel Guardian 120 00


Mrs. Mary Morgan 7 26


William F. Wills at State Farm ·


146 00


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Paid for Mrs. John C. Welch $12 20


Mrs. Ruel F. Cross and family


107 21


Emma C. Lincoln at Medfield Insane Asylum . 146 00


Mark E. Purcell at ; Medfield Insane Asylum . 146 00


Timothy Donahoe at Medfield Insane Asylum . 146 00


Thomas Kiley at Medfield Insane Asylum, 146 00


Horace E. Holbrook at Taunton Insane


Hospital . 169 46


Grace M. Hill at Taunton Insane Hospital, 39 00


Joseph Crosby at Taunton Insane Hospi-


tal . 169 46


William McMath at Danvers Insane Asylum 169 46


William R. Farquhar at Westborough Insane Hospital 169 47


Annie E. Anderson at Massachusetts


Hospital for Epileptics 172 71


Mrs. Thomas Moore 9 00


Patrick F. Mahoney at Taunton Insane Hospital . 35 90


Bridget Kennedy and family at Holyoke, 150 20


William Shields, at Brockton 2 40


Benjamin F. Eddy, at Bridgewater


70 54


James F. Sutton and family, at Lynn .


15 20


David J. Foley, at Boston 51 86


A. C. DeForest ·


10 40


Florence E. DeForest, at Brockton


40 00


John L. Manning and wife 3 00


Walter S. Roel, at Hospital for Dipso- maniacs *


53 85


* Refunded.


44


Paid for Frank S. Wood $18 50


Mrs. Robert McAuliffe and family, at Framingham . 160 10


Lucy Barrows and daughters, at Stough- ton 140 91


Aid to sundry persons


427 32


$4,899 71


Aid refunded by sundry persons


380 56


$4,519 15


Appropriation, $4,000 00


Overdrawn, 519 15


POOR OF OTHER TOWNS.


Paid for Bernard Purcell and family, Avon $612 83


Mrs. C. L. Hall and family, Concord . 313 02


Alva M. Nightingale, Duxbury 53 00


Frank E. Wilder, Boston .


31 13


Olive M. Jones, Braintree


60 00


P. H. Abbott, Hyde Park .


55 57


Margaret Glover, Quincy


16 50


Samuel G. Beal, Quincy


100 06


W. J. Fennell, Weymouth


54 00


Fred R. Hill, Avon .


3 50


John J. O'Brien, Whitman .


.


12 50


Mrs. Henry Pratt, Dedham


17 00


Hattie A. Shaw, Abington .


6 75


Silas Mann, Canton ·


.


8 00


Dennis Donovan, Canton .


8 00


.


$1,351 86


No appropriation.


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MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.


Paid Dr. C. C. Farnham


$50 00


Visits : Jennie Bacigalupo 45


T. F. Hand 14 J. A. Sylvester 7


Paid Dr. H. L. Chase


50 00


Visits : Mrs. D. Cunningham Mrs. J. Hunt . ·


3


T. Tracy


1


Mrs. Blencowe 51


Paid Dr. J. S. Sullivan


43 75


Visits : Lewis Linfield


·


8


T. Sullivan


.


5


T. Curran


·


4


Catherine Heaney


.


7


F. S. Wood


·


3


J. F. Mckay .


·


5


J. T. Manning


4


T. F. Hand


.


3


Prisoners


4


Medicine 75 cts. ·


Paid Dr. Warren M. Babbitt 50 00 ·


Visits : Aletta Veazie


·


3


B. Gill .


14


T. Ward


·


1


M. Fairbanks


.


28


L. Linfield


·


1


T. Curran


1


Catherine Heaney ·


3


Paid Dr. W. F. Holmes . 50 00 .


Visits : Hugh Currie


52


William Fox . 28


J. T. Manning


·


· 23


·


11


.


·


·


·


·


·


·


46


Paid Dr. E. A. Allen


$50 00


Visits : Christiana Sloan


3


Lewis Jones 31


M. E. Smith 16


Mrs. Blencowe 25


Paid Dr. F. C. Granger .


50 00


Visits : Joseph Stickney


.


.


20


Mrs. J. French .


· 69


$343 75


Appropriation, $350 00


Unexpended, 6 25


CASH RECEIVED BY THE SELECTMEN.


Sale of produce at almshouse


$146 19


Labor of town teams ·


229 21


Insurance refunded .


10 67


Board refunded at almshouse


14 00


Use of scraper


7 50


Watering streets ·


135 00


Aid refunded poor out of almshouse


380 56


Copy of Braintree Records


2 00


$925 13


RANDOLPH, February 4, 1902.


The undersigned Auditors of the Town of Randolph, re- spectfully report that they have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find the same correct, with proper vouchers for all orders drawn on the Treasurer.


JOHN K. WILLARD, JOHN B. WREN, JOSEPH BELCHER.


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ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES FOR 1902.


Schools (see report of School Committee ) . $10,230 00


Stetson High School (see report of Trustees) · 2,200 00


Town Officers 2,500 00


Miscellaneous 1,600 00


Tree Warden 100 00


Repair of highways, including removal of snow .


3,000 00


Highway plant (note)


500 00


Fire alarm (note)


500 00


Street loan (note) .


630 00


Street loan (note) .


850 00


Poor in almshouse .


1,800 00


Poor out of almshouse


4,000 00


Soldiers' relief


400 00


Soldiers' relief, Randolph and Holbrook 600 00


Military aid .


250 00


Electric lighting


3,300 00


Interest on town debt ·


2,250 00


Treasurer's bond


120 00


Pay of Physicians .


350 00


Board of Health


200 00


Lockup .


200 00


Fire Department (see report of Engineers)


2,212 00


Water Works (see report of Water) Commis- sioners 4,500 00


$42,292 00


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LIST OF JURORS.


The following is a list of Jurors for the consideration of the town at the annual town meeting March 3, 1902 :


-Atherton, Winthrop B. Publisher.


Alden, F. Wayland


Retired.


Alden, Artirar N.


Janitor.


Burke, James


Shoemaker.


Barrett, Redmond


Retired.


Blanche, James E.


Stablekeeper.


Clarke, George Melvin


Agent.


Clark, Melvin S.


Shoemaker.


Cole, Charles H.


Farmer.


Corless, Simon B.


Retired.


Donovan, Michael A.


Mechanic.


Eliot, George A.


Laster.


French, Fred M.


Insurance.


Forrest Richard


Laster.


Flood, John T.


Insurance.


Foley James


Shoomaker.


Good, William


Farmer.


Galagher, Joseph C.


Cigar manufacturer.


Holbrook, Albert H Carpenter.


Huxford, Daniel H.


Printer.


Jones, Rufus


Farmer.


King, Erander F.


Carpenter.


Leahy, Joseph T. Insurance


Lovejoy, George A.


Agent.


Mann, Edwin M. Farmer.


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Mahady, William


Laborer.


McLaughlin, Patrick H.


Niles, Isaac


Dry goods dealer. Auctioneer.


Payne, Charles A.


Machinist.


Pope, David


Retired.


Quinn, Edward


Undertaker.


Roberts, William R.


Farmer.


Reynolds, George A.


Farmer.


Scanlan, Maurice E.


Farmer.


Snow, Hiram


Retired.


Spear, William B.


Painter.


Taber, Edwin A.


Farmer.


Willard, John K.


Tallow dealer.


Wales, George W.


Insurance.


PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, · GEORGE H. EDDY, CHARLES H. THAYER,


Selectmen.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


ROYAL T. MANN, CHAIRMAN. JOHN E. McDONALD, SECRETARY.


ROYAL T. MANN


Term expires 1903


JOHN E. McDONALD


Term expires 1902


REDMOND P. BARRETT


Term expires 1904


Trustees of Stetson School Fund. ROYAL T. MANN, Chairman. FRED M: FRENCH, Secretary.


ROYAL T. MANN


Term expires 1903


JOHN E. MCDONALD


Term expires 1902


REDMOND P. BARRETT


Term expires 1904


Superintendent of Schools. Dr. JOHN E. BRADLEY.


Office, School Committee Rooms. Tuesday and Thursday, 3 to 4 o'clock P.M.


Regular meeting of the School Committee last Friday of the month, 7.30 P.M.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


To the Citizens of Randolph :


The School Committee hereby make and submit their an- nual report for the year ending December 31, 1901.


It is with a great degree of satisfaction that your Commit- tee have been able to form a desirable union for the employ- ment of a superintendent of schools with the towns of Hol- brook and Avon. Dr. John E. Bradley was unanimously elected superintendent for this district. Since his election he has labored earnestly for the improvement and systema- tization of the schools, and the results of his work meet the approval and the hearty endorsement of your Committee.


Two changes have occurred in our corps of teachers dur- ing the year ; Nelson Freeman was elected to fill the posi- tion vacated by Thomas H. West, who labored faithfully and assiduously for thirty-five years as principal of the Prescott Grammar School. Miss Elizabeth G. Lyons, for many years an efficient teacher of the Tower Hill School, resigned last spring term, and Miss Katherine J. Riley was elected for that school.


School census, taken September, 1901, shows the number of children between the ages of five and fifteen to be 635, a decrease of 18 from the previous year.


The schoolroom occupied by the second grade in the Pres- cott primary building has been refurnished with new teach- er's desk, adjustable seats and desks for the pupils, also a


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new stove, for a little less sum than the appropriation voted for that purpose at the last annual meeting.


The Prescott School building has been shingled at a cost of $247.


Two rooms in the North Grammar School building have been thoroughly painted, calciumized and varnished, and an innumerable number of small repairs have been made through- out the town. The Prescott School building needs to be painted, and the Prescott primary building needs shingling the coming year.


Your Committee have endeavored to keep within the ap- propriations voted by the town at the annual meeting, and have a balance on the right side of the account. 'The town voted, and your Committee have acted under the expecta- tion that the receipts from the State School Fund would be about $282, same as the previous year, but at the close of the year our Town Treasurer received a check on account of State School Fund amounting to the sum of $638.08, which has made our balance unexpectedly larger.


The Commissioners of the State School Fund report that this large increase is due to the exchange of railroad stock in the sinking fund for Boston & Maine Railroad bonds. " The Commissioners call special attention to the temporary nature of this increase. Hereafter, because of the withdrawal of Boston & Maine bonds from the sinking fund and their application elsewhere, the income from the school fund will resume its normal magnitude."


The School Committee voted at the beginning of the school year that pupils of the Grammar School should be promoted to the High School on their average per cent. of scholarship during the year. Graduating exercises were held at the North Grammar School, and diplomas were presented to eighteen pupils ; also diplomas were presented to twenty-six pupils of the Prescott Grammar School.


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A detailed statement of the expenditures in this depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1901, is annexed to this report.


ROLL OF HONOR.


Pupils who have not been absent during the year. Charles H. Jones. Helen Mellevski.


Pupils who have not been absent during two terms.


Thomas Holden.


Thomas Dean.


Florence Sullivan.


Joseph Clark.


Eileen Dolan.


Michael O'Neil.


Kittie Forest.


Anna Morgan.


George Nolan.


Francis Brady.


James Mulligan.


Edith M. Finley.


Kathlene Uniack.


Dorothy T. Hayes.


Nora Malley.


Gertrude L. Peirce.


Grace McCue.


Florence Holbrook.


Josephine Walsh.


C. Wilson Lyons.


Nora Dempsey.


Harris C. Dexter.


Mary Daly.


Winthrop S. Atherton.


Victoria Mallevski.


54


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


Number enrolled.


Average


Average


attendance.


Per cent


of attendance.


No. over 15 years


No. between 7 and


14 years of age.


No. under 5 years.


HIGH,


Isabel M. Breed .


II3


IOI


93


92


59


19


O


Nellie G. Prescott .


47


41.8


39.6


94+


I


39


O


Katherine A. Kiley


42


37.2


34.2


91+


O


42


0


PRESCOTT GRAMMAR,


Mary A. Molloy


36


32.61


30.17 922


O


35


0


Katherine E. Sheridan,


39


136


38


94+


O


39


O


Mary E. Wren


·


49


43.5


39.5


98


O


49


PRESCOTT PRIMARY,


Fannie A. Campbell


50


43


39


90


0


15


NORTH


Joseph Belcher


54


47


43++


93-


4


39


41


O


NORTH


Sara C. Belcher


39


34


29


85++


O


36


PRIMARY,


Clara A. Tolman


47


39


32


82+


O


7


O


Emma D. Stetson


27


26


24


92+


O


27


C


Lucie W. Lewis


35


27


23


85+


O


24


O


UNGRADED,


Hannah F. Hoye


23


20


18


90


23


0


| Elizabeth G. Lyons


26


25


16.5


80


O


5


0


The Committee ask the town to raise and appropriate the following sums of money, to meet the expenses of the schools for the year ending December 31, 1902 :


For teaching .


$7,610 00


Care of rooms .


550 00


Fuel


450 00


Books and supplies .


800 00


Miscellaneous, incidental and permanent re- pairs .


800 00


Painting Prescott Primary building .


125 00


Shingling Prescott Primary building


200 00


Transportation of pupils


100 00


Superintendent of schools


300 00


.


48


40


34.4


87+


O


3


GRAMMAR,


Ellen P. Henry


41


35++


3I


87


Kittie R. Molloy


41


37


32.37 ,90


Ellen E. Mclaughlin,


40


[ Katharine J. Riley


·


·


·


$10,935 00


of age.


membership.


Fred E. Chapin


Thomas H. West


55


Less estimate revenue from the dog tax, State School Fund, and Coddington Fund $700 00


Also for Stetson High School


$2,200 00


$10,235 00


The report of the Superintendent of Schools, giving detail of the work for four months is subjoined. .


Respectfully submitted,


ROYAL T. MANN, JOHN E. McDONALD, R. P. BARRETT, School Committee.


EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOLS FOR 1901.


FOR TEACHING (38 weeks).


Paid Thomas H. West $605 29


Nelson Freeman .


394 71


Joseph Belcher


999 94


Ellen P. Henry


449 94


Katherine A. Kiley


488 00


Katherine E. Sheridan


418 00


Mary A. Molloy


449 96


Mary E. Wren


399 00


Katherine R. Molloy


380 00


Clara A. Tolman


380 00


Lucy W. Lewis


380 00


Hannah F. Hoye


380 00


Sara C. Belcher 380 00


Elizabeth G. Lyons


150 00


Fannie A. Campbell


380 00


Emma D. Stetson


380 00


·


.


56


Paid Ellen Mclaughlin .


$380 00


Katherine Riley 199 00


$7,593 84


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


Paid John E. Bradley, six months salary . $300 00


FOR BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.


Paid Boston School Supply Co. $72 92


Ginn & Co. . 124 42 .


J. L. Hammett & Co.


125 45


Silver, Burdett & Co.


108 75


Estabrook Pen Co. .


11 60


Prang Educational Co.


1 13


Wright & Potter Co.


1 07


Leavenworth & Green


1 50


Chandler & Farquhar


1 50


J. B. Hunter & Co.


1 23


Fred A. French


1 35


Forbes Lithograph Co.


30 00


Chandler Chair & Desk Co.


108 50


American Book Co.


84 96


Allyn & Bacon


24 67


T. H. Castor & Co.


42 81


Atkinson & Mentzer


19 40


Lothrop Publishing Co.


2 40


D. C. Heath & Co.


3 60


Educational Publishing Co.


1 55


Emerson College of Oratory


7 70


Samuel Ward Co.


1 00


Katherine Riley


1 34


Katherine Kiley


65


Joseph Belcher .


1 00


·


.


$833 00


Continental Brush Co.


52 50


57


FOR CARE OF ROOMS.


Paid George M. Johnson


$118 00


John P. Rooney


300 50


Francis B. Thayer


46 75


Eleanor Holbrook


43 00


James Barry .


45 00


S. M. Jones


.


2 00


$555 25


FOR FUEL.


Paid M. E. Leahy & Co.


$379 43


Edwin M. Mann


34 00


S. A. Thayer


40 75


$454 18


PERMANENT REPAIRS.


Paid George F. Taylor, shingling Prescott School


building


$246 96


H. B. Libby


8 29


$255 25


FOR TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS.


Paid Royal T. Mann, cash paid $97 50


FOR MISCELLANEOUS AND INCIDENTALS.


Paid F. J. Donahoe, services . $7 50


F. J. Donahoe, truant officer 20 00


William E. Morrissey, services


4 82


James B. McDonald, labor and stock


202 57


John P. Rooney, labor


38 75


Loring & Howard, supplies


14 75


Francis B. Thayer, labor 6 00


R. E. O'Brien, labor and stock


101 84


·


.


·


58


Paid E. W. Campagna, labor and stock $95 68


M. E. Leahy, labor


23 50


H. C. Kendall & Co., supplies 7 59


Joseph Belcher, supplies ·


2 10


F. W. Hayden & Co., supplies


9 55


James Fardy, labor and stock


2 60


William B. Spear, labor and stock


62 34


E. A. Perry, labor and stock ..


19 25


J. White Belcher, insurance


77 13


A. W. Alden, services


12 00


James Thompson, supplies


90


M. F. Hayden, services .


1 00


Charles A. Payne, labor .




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